a person under the name of his proprietory business doing the business of printing, laminating and directly despatching to patients of renounced hospital of their medical records on behalf of that hospital.he is in dilema as to whether to charge vat or service tax in his invoice. most likely he is interested in charging vat as it is of lower %, is there is any provision in service tax act to avoid charging service tax for this type of business??????

Request you to clarify the following

A partnership firm is regd.under service tax running business beauty parlour , the annual turnover is between 7lac to 7.5 lacs for the last 5 years. No service tax collected as turnover is below 8 lacs
Please confirm if service tax is applicable

q.No. 1 at the time of providing of service service was taxable but when consideration is receive than the services is not taxable and Vice-Versa.
how wee are calculate the service tax?

Can a manufacturing company avail credit of service tax charged by a broker/ commission agent for the business(purchases and sales) brought by him for the company?

The company argues that credit cannot be taken as the broker/ agent has gathered business for sales(post manufacturing activity).If broker charges them for purchase of raw materials(pre manufacturing activity) then they would take credit for the service tax amount charged on the brokerage.

Please clarify the issue with reference to the relevant section of the Service Tax Act.

we are receiving the GR from our transporter as he is rendering the service to us
GR Structur

Basic freight 500
GR chgs 100
fov chgs 250
other chgs 250
door delivery chgs 200
total freight 1300

pls advice are we liable to pay service tax for full amount or only basic freight amount

is the door delivery charges are for caclulating the service tax

Dear All,

we had made a bill in june 2008 of service charge and now we want to cancel this bill. please suggest me can we do this.

thanks

we are manufacturar exporter
we are paying service tax on GTA

some of our suppliers paying the freight to the transporter and charging it from us by adding it seperately on the material invoice but not calculating the service tax seperatly on that amount.

i want to know that are we liable to pay the service tax on that freight which was indirectly paid by us.

please advice us

What is the excemtion limit for first financial year for an assessee

Swcondly,If exemption limit is crossed in first financial year then what amount should be considered for service tax ? say exemption limit in first financial yeat is Rs 10,00,000 and the assesse has provided service for Rs. 12,00,000 then at what amout tax will be levied , on Rs balance 2 lakh or whole 12lakh??

We are in the business of tour operator, mainly providing service of accomodation. but the thing is accomodation which we are providing to client for stay is taken on lease for various period by us and we have licence of luxury tax and bread and butter of same. we are providing cook along with accomodation facility. then how much service charges we have to collect, which tax is applicable and at what rate, how to raise invoice ?

one party raised an invoice in march 2008 and charged service tax @12.36 . and recognised as sale and amount shown in recievable, but not clint ie. debter want to revise that invoice with the 10.2% service tax.
How is it possible? IS there any way to sort out?